Martin Bonner <martin.bonner@pitechnology.com> writes:
David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:
Joel de Guzman <joel@boost-consulting.com> writes:
This means for example that the client can completely discard Bind if she does not need it; or ^ that should be a comma
perhaps take out Operator and Statement and just use Function, which ^^^^^^^^^^^^ "she can leave"
Is there a boost convention on gender neutral language?
Nope.
I approve of the sentiment behind using "she" (there aren't enough women in technical roles), but I do find myself stumbling every time I read it.
My personal preference is to use "they" as the first person singular gender-neutral pronoun. This will be /intensely/ irritating to grammar purists, but does seem to be the way the language is evolving.
Personally, I'd prefer if you wrote "he," or just avoided the pronoun: A user that does not need Bind can discard it etc. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com